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Signature of EU constitution in 2004. The charter would be later rejected by two referendums, with Lisbon treaty to follow (Photo: EUobserver)

Brexit seed was planted in 2004

A year before the British referendum, the five presidents of the European institutions announced an ambitious plan to deepen the Economic and Monetary Union by 2025.

The so-called Five Presidents' Report presented by Jean-Claude Juncker (EU Commission), Donald Tusk (EU Council), Martin Schulz (EU Parliament), Mario Draghi (European Central Bank) and Jeroe...

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Signature of EU constitution in 2004. The charter would be later rejected by two referendums, with Lisbon treaty to follow (Photo: EUobserver)

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